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- Manyoshu
Ago no yama ioe kakuseru sade no saki sade haeshi ko ga ime ni shi miyuru
The girl who spread her scoop net at Cape Sade, hidden behind the hundredfold folds of Mount Ago, appears to me in my dreams.
Manyoshu - Prince Ichihara
Saho watari wagie no ue ni naku tori no koe natsukashiki hashiki tsuma no ko
Like the voice of the bird that flies over Saho and sings above my house, how dear to me you are, my beloved wife.
Manyoshu - Ato no Toshitari
Isonokami furu tomo ame ni tsutsumame ya imo ni awamu to iiteshi mono o
Even if the rain pours down, shall I stay indoors to avoid it? I have told my love that I will come to meet her.
Manyoshu - Ōtomo no Katami
Mukaiite miredomo akanu wagimoko ni tachiwakare yukamu tazuki shirazu mo
Sitting face to face with you, I never tire of looking; how I am to rise and leave you, I do not know.
Manyoshu - Abe no Mushimaro
Aiminu wa ikuhisasa ni mo aranaku ni kokodaku are wa koitsutsu mo aru ka
It has not been so very long since we last met, yet how much I go on longing for you.
Manyoshu - Lady Ōtomo no Sakanoue
Koikoite aitaru mono o tsuki shi areba yo wa komoruramu shimashi wa arimate
After so much longing we have met at last; while the moon is still out the night must yet be deep, so stay a little while longer.
Manyoshu - Lady Ōtomo no Sakanoue
Asa ni ke ni irozuku yama no shirakumo no omoi sugubeki kimi ni aranaku ni
Like the white clouds that drift past the hills turning color day by day, you are not one I could let slip from my thoughts.
Manyoshu - Prince Atsumi
Ashihiki no yamatachibana no iro ni ideyo katarai tsugite au koto mo aramu
Let your feelings show, like the bright red berries of the mountain tachibana; if we keep talking together, surely we shall meet.
Manyoshu - Prince Kasuga
Tsukuyomi no hikari ni kimase ashihiki no yama kihenarite tōkaranaku ni
Come to me by the light of the moon; though mountains lie between us, it is not so far.
Manyoshu - Prince Yuhara
Tsukuyomi no hikari wa kiyoku teraseredo madoeru kokoro omoiaenaku ni
The moonlight shines clear and pure, but my heart, lost in confusion, cannot make up its mind to go.
Shitsutamaki kazu ni mo aranu inochi mote nani ka kokodaku aga koiwataru
With a life as worthless as a humble cloth bracelet, why do I go on longing so much?
Manyoshu - Abe no Mushimaro
Masokagami togishi kokoro o yurushiteba nochi ni iu tomo shirushi arame ya mo
Once I have let go of this heart I have kept polished and keen as a clear mirror, what use would it be to complain afterward?
Manyoshu - Lady Ōtomo no Sakanoue
Matamatsuku ochikochi kanete koto wa iedo aite nochi koso kui ni wa ari to ie
You speak fine words about both the future and the present, but it is after we have met, they say, that regret comes.
Manyoshu - Lady Ōtomo no Sakanoue
Ominaeshi sakisawa ni ouru hanakatsumi katsute mo shiranu koi mo suru kamo
Like the katsumi growing in the marsh of Saki where maidenflowers bloom, I am in a love such as I have never known before.
Manyoshu - Nakatomi no Iratsume
Wata no soko oku o fukamete aga omoeru kimi ni wa awamu toshi wa henu tomo
Deep as the floor of the sea is my love for you, and I will meet you, however many years may pass.
Manyoshu - Nakatomi no Iratsume
Kasugayama asa iru kumo no ōhoshiku shiranu hito ni mo kouru mono kamo
Like the clouds that hang on Mount Kasuga in the morning, vaguely and dimly I find myself longing even for one I hardly know.
Manyoshu - Nakatomi no Iratsume